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Letters Patent IVO. 93,397, dated August 10, 1869. I

HOF- I IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the same.

To whom it lmay concern Be it known that I, DANIEL B. AYRns, of Brooklyn, in the county of Jackson, and State oflVchigan,-

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences; and I do declare that the, following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and. to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of-this specification.

The nature of this invention relates to the construc-4 tion of a fence, wherein a very large proportion of the' tive to each other, by subsidiary wires, the whole conl structcd and arranged'as more fully hereinafter shown and described.

ln the drawings- A represents two corner-posts, between and properly secured to which are stretched thc wires (two or more offthc111)B,by means ofwhich the pickets G are sustained in a vertical position.

'Ihese pickets are slotted at top and bottom, as shown,

by means cfa circular or other saw whose setis equal wires B, which pass through said slots.

The pickets may be secured upon these wires, at any desired distance apart, by means ofthe subsidiary wires a, whose ends are secured to the corner-posts,

and, at desired intervals, to the'pickets, by any convenient device; or ribs or bars of wood, b, may be used for this purpose.

To prevent sagging, there should be placed upon the ground, and underneath the pickets, small blocks or stones, c. These are not required underevery picket, but may be used under as many of them as may7` be necessary. It will bc seen that the pickets do not have their weight thrown upon the wires B, as the latter are designed -simply as guides to hold the former in a vertical position, while their weight is sustained upon the subsidiary wires c and blocks or stones b.

It will be necessary, should the length of fence between the corner-posts be too great, to prevent a swayingpmotion of the fence by braces D, which should engagewith the top wire, and may be secured, at their bottoms, to small stakes d, driven into the ground.

A board fence may be constructed in the usual way, but with the posts shortened, so as not to enter the ground. Then, by cutting slots (like those shown and described as being cut in the pickets) in the posts, the

wires B maybe passed through them in the same'way, and the fence secured in a vertical-position thereby.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the posts A, the wires B, the pickets C, and the subsidiary wire a, when constructed, arranged, and operating as and for the purposes aforesaid.

DANIEL B. A YR-ES.

Witnesses:

JAs. I. DAY, 

